, 1887-11-22
EkGULFED BY THE SEA-.
A Dutch Steamer Sunk in a
Collision.
Over One Hundred and Twenty
Persons Drowned.
Narratives of the Surviving
Passengers.
Calamity az Sea.

lDNlOllCht Ndpb- loob, "ilSh HSib ~
erdam yesterday for New York, was
sunk by a collision with the steamer Rosa
Mary of H~artlepool at IL o'clock last
night ten miles off Dover. The Scholten
carried a complement of 230 passengers
and crew. The steamer Embro of Sund-
| erlad rescued ninety of the crew and pas
sengers and landed them at the Sailors
Home at Dover. One hundred and forty
of the passengers are missing. One pas
senger and a child of the party who were
brought to Dover were found dead from
exposure.
The Scholten lett Rotterdam on Satur-
day morning and at the me OF the ac,i-
dent a dense fog prevaile The Scholten
was struck on the port DO by the Rosa
Mary and Immediately afv the shock
was felt the Soholten's PAST gers, near
ly all OF whom had retired for he night,
rushed on deck in their nj, .t-gowns.
The boats were promptly ordered to be
lowered, but it was found that only two
were available; three others were useless
and we're not lowered. The water rushed
swiftly through the hole in the bow and
a terrible scene ensued.
THE PANIC STRICKEN PASSENGERS
uttered piercing shrieks and many fell up
on :heir knees and prayed aloud. Littlo
children chung to their mothers who,
themselves, were shrieking with terror.
The officers were cool and self possessed
and remained on the bridge u the last.
Several persons procured ffe-belts and
leaped into the sea, and within twenty
minutes after the shock the : ,holten was
engulfed. All those who ha' put on l:fe-
belts floated and were rescue oy the boats
from the steamer Embro. which cruised
around until 4 O'Clock in the morning.
MANY of the rescued lost their wives, bus
bands. brothers and sisters. The surviv-
ors were supplied with clothes and every
thing possible was done to insure their
comfort. The passengers account differ
regarding the circumstance of the COLI
son and the reports of the officers of the
Scholten clash with the officers of the
Rosa Mary. Some of the passengers
state that most of the passengers had re
tired to their hunks and only a few re-
NAMED in the saloon when a tremendous
crash was heard on the port bow. They
say it is impossible that the collision could
have occurred b. the Scholten striking an
anchored vessel.
The second mate of the Scholten re-
ports that he was on deck when he saw
an unknown steamer coming through the
fog and before anything could be done
the Scholten was struck in the for~e-rigg-
ing and port bow. The other vessel,
which he now presumes wa the Rosa
Mary, backed off and disappeared
and within twenty minutes the Scholten
sank,
The captain of the Rosa Mary states
that his vessel was run into while anch-
ored southeast of South Sand Head by
an unknown steamer. Finding that the
Rosa Mary was damaged, be proceeded
to Dover roads, where the vessel is now
docked. The Rosa Mary was laden with
Goals for st. Malice.
According to the latest statement there
were 30 persons on board the Scholten,
leaving 1872 drowned and missing. The
first mate and fourth engineer have been
recognized among the dead. The Schol.
ten lies four miles from the admiralty
pier.
Among the bodies identified at Dover
are those of Mrs. Lebenstein, Henry
Blame, Burstig Freedman, Solomon Gold
schmidt and John Koeule. The bodies
are distorted, showing that death was
caused by violence, and not by drowning.
PASSENGERS ACCOUNTS.
One Of those saved is Monte Colo,
from the Tyrol. He states that the scenes
on the sinking sRp-were terrible. The
steerage passengers, stricken with terror,
ran about the deck in wild confusion.
The captain tried his utmost to restore
order, but without effect. The passen
gers rushed tor the boats and it was with
the greatest difficulty that the officers
could keep them from jumping into and
sinking them. Colo was in the water
two hours and when taken out he was
greatly exhausted, owing to the extreme
cold and his efforts to keep afoat. After
the vessel sank the cries of persons in the
water could be heard for a long time in
all directions.
George Moore, a passenger, states that
when the crash occurred a general rush
was made for the deck. II was told that
nothing serious had occurred" says he,
but | secured a life-belt. Six English
passengers we're on board and one Of these
was a girl. We tried to keep in a group
that the English might go down together.
| was in the water a long time before be-
ing picked up. When the Scholten sank
the cries were heart-rending. The cap
tain of the Embro, the rescuing vessel.
behaved nobly. He had all his deck load
of timber thrown overheard, and this jul
dicious act saved many lives.
ONLY TWO BOATS sERvICEABLB.
Only two of the Scholten's boats were
lowered, as the othcr' could not be got
adrift. BIZ. 7 mt know whether this
was { u a., FAULT on board. The yes
sci listed over so much hat all the boats
could not be dropped into the water. The
people rushed about in the greatest state
of excitement, trying to get a place in the
two boats which had been successfully
lowered. The sconfusion and disorder
prevented many persons from being saved.
The water was freezing cold and this has.
tened the death of many, rendering them
powerless."
Charles Mills, of Red Hill. Surrey, says
the life boats appeared as if they bad not
been used for a long time, They had to
be chopped away with axes with the as
s~istance Of the passengers. II called out
to those on the bridge to fire rockets, but
it was a long time before they did so. The
greatest confusion prevailed. The ship
was right over on her port side before